Final Results (PDF)

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The Cal State East Bay men's golf team's historic 2016-17 season concluded on Wednesday as the Pioneers finished in 12th place at the NCAA Division II Championships.

CSUEB shot 301 (+21) as a team in the final round on a day when conditions were tough and scores were exceptionally high on the par-70 Watson Course at Reunion Resort. The Pioneers finished with a 54-hole total of 886 (+46).

East Bay ended up 36 strokes behind first-place Barry University, which led a group of five Florida schools at the top of the leaderboard. The top eight squads advance to compete in a match play tournament for the national championship. Arkansas Tech carded the lowest round in the 20-team field on Wednesday to move all the way up from 15th and snag the eighth and final spot. 

None of the five West Region teams will move on the quarterfinal round, as California Baptist (+43) and Cal State Monterey Bay (+43) led the West Squads in a tie for 10th place, just two strokes back. The Pioneers were just behind them in 12th, with Stanislaus State (+55) and Western Washington (+57) taking 14th and 16th place, respectively.

A pair of seniors and multi-time All-Conference honorees led the way for the Pioneers with outstanding performances throughout the three-day event to secure top-10 individual finishes. 

Chad Hall carded a 71 (+1) for the second straight round to finish the championships just two strokes over par. His total score of 212 (+2) gave him a share of sixth place, just three strokes behind the individual national champion, Chandler Blanchet of West Florida. Hall was the best player in the field on par-4 holes, where he totaled four strokes under par. He also finished with the second-most total birdies (11) of the 108 players in the field. 

Fellow senior Adam Stone wrapped up perhaps the best season ever by a Pioneer golfer with his ninth top-10 finish. The CCAA Player of the Year, two-time tournament champion, five-time CCAA Player of the Week, and No. 14 ranked golfer in the nation finished with an overall total of 213 (+3) in a tie for 10th place. 

Fittingly, Stone fired the lowest score on the team in his final collegiate round. His even-par 70 was one of the best rounds by any player on the course Wednesday. The native of Garstang, England succeeded this week by doing what he does as well as any golfer in Division II -- make pars. He had 14 in his third round and tallied 41 for the tournament, the most of any player in the field.

Senior Owen Hutchison turned in a 79 (+9) this morning and ended up in the middle of the field overall, totaling 227 (+17) for a share of 66th place.

Sophomore Jonathan Mulvany contributed the fourth score to CSUEB's team total on Wednesday with an 81 (+11), putting him at 327 (+27) for the week. He finished one stroke ahead of senior Joel Keylor, who shot 82 (+12) fora total of 238 (+28). The two closed out the tournament tied for 100th and 102nd, respectively.

Though it is no doubt disappointing to fall just short of a chance to play for a national title, today marks the end of a truly remarkable season for this veteran Pioneer squad. The same five golfers who last year captured the program's first CCAA Championship took it a step further in 2016-17, placing third at NCAA Regional to earn the team's first trip to the national tournament. The East Bay men entered the season with lofty expectations and still managed to exceed them. They ended NCAA Championships as the 12th-best team in the country, the highest national finish by any Pioneer team since CSUEB re-joined NCAA Division II.